SHAMROCK SHAKE-UP: IRISH UPSET ’DEVILS

Rees leads Notre Dame past No. 22 Arizona State

Tommy Rees threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns, and Notre Dame made it 5 of 5 in the traveling Shamrock Series with a 37-34 victory against No. 22 Arizona State on Saturday night at Arlington, Texas.

Kyle Brindza kicked three second-half field goals, the go-ahead kick from 25 yards with 3:03 remaining. He tied a Notre Dame record with a 53-yarder that matched the longest in a college game at the $1.2 billion home of the Dallas Cowboys.

It was the second win in Texas in the five-year Shamrock run of home games on the road for the Irish (4-2), starting with a victory over Washington State in San Antonio in 2009.

Taylor Kelly threw for 362 yards and three scores for the Sun Devils (3-2), who missed on a chance to become the first team to beat USC and Notre Dame in consecutive weeks.

T.J. Jones had eight catches for 135 yards, including a pair of first-down catches on the drive to the winning field goal. Cam McDaniel had four straight carries for 32 yards to get Notre Dame in field goal range.

The Irish clinched the win when Dan Fox, who recovered a fumble to set up a touchdown, returned Kelly’s second interception 14 yards for a touchdown with 1:08 remaining.

The Sun Devils pulled within 37-34 on Kelly’s third TD — a 16-yarder to Marion Grice with 11 seconds left — but Jones recovered an onside kick.

No. 2 Oregon 57, Colorado 16: Marcus Mariota threw five touchdown passes and ran for two scores as visiting Oregon (5-0, 2-0) brushed off some early trickery to rout Colorado (2-2, 0-2). The Ducks’ sophomore quarterback connected for two touchdowns each with Josh Huff and Bralon Addison, and played only 21/2 quarters. Oregon has scored at least 55 points in all of its games under first-year coach Mark Helfrich, a former offensive coordinator at Colorado, who took over when Chip Kelly left to coach the Philadelphia Eagles.

No. 15 Washington at No. 5 Stanford: Ty Montgomery opened the game with a 99-yard kickoff return for a TD and caught a 39-yard scoring pass in the second quarter as the host Cardinal led 31-21 with just over 4 minutes remaining in the game (at press time).

Washington St. 44, California 22: Conner Halliday threw for 521 yards and three TDs as visiting Washington State (4-2, 2-1) used its highest scoring conference game in 10 years to snap an eight-game skid against California (1-4, 0-2).